Sassanian Time Line
200 A.D.
- Ardashir rebels against the Parthians founding the Sassanian empire (226 A.D.)
- Shapur I rules the Sassanian empire (241-270 A.D.)
- Sassanians defeat a Roman legion at Edessa and capture Emperor Valerian I (260 A.D.)
300 A.D.
- Shapur II of Sassania campaigns against the Chionite Huns (353-358 A.D.)
400 A.D.
- Sassania becomes a tributary to the Hephthalites (484 A.D.)
500 A.D.
- Sassania, under Khusrau I, sacks Antioch (540 A.D.)
600 A.D.
- Sassanians capture Damascus and Jerusalem (614 A.D.)
- Emperor Heraclius of Byzantium invades Sassania (622 A.D.)
- Heraclius of Byzantium defeats a Sassanian army at Nineveh ending the war with Sassania (627 A.D.)
- Ctesiphon, the capital of Sassania, falls to Muslim attack (637 A.D.)
- Muslim invasions end the Sassanian empire (642 A.D.)